Closing arguments in the case wrapped up this afternoon in Allentown.
In addition to homicide and attempted homicide, Cruz is
charged with aggravated assault, robbery and unlicensed possession of a
firearm.

First Deputy District Attorney Steven Luksa said Cruz may have been blinded by jealously and rage when he left his Whitehall Township home
with a gun, but the 32-year-old had every intention to kill.

He finally settled on a black Audi left running in the parking lot with Shook in the passenger seat, authorities said. Shook testified to being shot in the stomach as he tried to escape out of the passenger window of the vehicle.

"It's a bad day," Luksa said, referring to Clark's reference to Cruz's journey, "that turned out to be other people's nightmare."Contact Allentown reporter Colin McEvoy at 484-894-2549 or cmcevoy@express-times.com.